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Putting it Together
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Jet Song. Uncomplicated airline travel in the twenty-first century is the exception rather than the norm. However, other than the three or four schedule changes Delta made between my initial reservation and my departure, this trip provided one of those …
Posted in Winter in Lisbon 2023-2024
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Out of a Little Dream. Bom dia Lisboa. Voltei (de novo!)
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Those who have read the posts recounting my two previous trips to Lisboa are probably aware that I am at least mildly infatuated with Portugal’s capital city. Many who know me are also aware that for more than a decade …
Posted in Winter in Lisbon 2023-2024
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All is revealed
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The contest challenge for this series of posts has been to identify one musician and the song references contained in each entry. Although identifying some of the songs might have been a bit tricky and difficult – particularly since the …
Posted in Michigan October 2023
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I Call it Pretty Music – part 4
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Before we go. Although he was only there for a brief time, Berry Gordy put his experience working at Ford to good use in building Motown. In his autobiography To Be Loved, Gordy wrote, “At the plant, the cars started …
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I Call it Pretty Music – part 3
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More than just the hits. How Berry Gordy, Jr. made the Motown miracle. In just under 30 years Berry Gordy, Jr. had taken the $800 (approximately $7,650 in 2023 dollars) loan from his family credit union and turned it into …
Posted in Michigan October 2023
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